Before They Were Stars
The 2012 MTV VMA Nominees Before They Became Music Sensations
MTV brings the summer of 2012 to a close with the live 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards on September 6 at 8/7c pm. As usual, the nominee list is a who’s who of the music industry elite with Rihanna and Drake at the front of the pack each with five “Moonman” nods. Always a wild TV party, the VMA ceremony also actually celebrates music (which was the cornerstone of the cable channel back in the day), so expect performances by Rhianna, One Direction, Pink, Green Day and a whole lot more. With the stars ready to belt out their songs and tear up the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Snakkle was curious about how well you know this year’s crop of nominees? We’ve assembled a visual photo feast featuring some of the biggest noms before they became global music sensations. Can you name them correctly? By Tara Bennett
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Jennifer Lopez in a Senior Yearbook Photo at Preston High School in the Bronx (1987) and J.Lo Today
Just a year after this photo, Ms. Jennifer Lopez was already ambitiously setting out to become a “famous movie star,” performing as a chorus member in regional and then touring theater. In 1991, she got her first major break as a Fly Girl dancer on In Living Color and now she is a major movie, TV, and music star. But at this year’s VMAs, it all goes back to her dancing past with her nomination for Best Choreography for “Dance Again,” featuring Pitbull.
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